Amplify Your PSP and DS!

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The Boostaroo Revolution will power your portable volume.

By Chris Carle

Having problems hearing your PSP on that packed flight? Can't quite hear your puppy barking in Nintendogs? Need an iPod boost? UpBeat Audio is cookin' up a solution to your woes. The answer is the Boostaroo Revolution, a compact amplifier that adds a little oomph to the sound coming out of your headphones.

The device works with the following handheld systems and devices:

GameBoy Advance/SP

Nintendo DS

Sony PSP

iPod

MP3 players

DVD, CD and satellite radio players

Laptops

Pocket PCs

In addition, users will be able to hook it up to larger consoles with a a mini jack to RCA adapter plug.

The object weighs six ounces, and is shaped like a remote. It quadruples the volume output of a device, provided the appropriate headphones or speakers are present. In addition, it splits the signal to drive two sets of headphones, as well as demultiplexing compressed digital audio and images stereo into high-definition 3-channel surround sound.

The device will hit store shelves later this month, but until then you can procure it at UpBeat Audio's site for $79.99.